• “The government has already given a national plan on coronavirus to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and it is everyone's responsibility to implement it,” she said.

“We extend our deep gratitude to Niger, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey for highlighting the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in their respective statements during the Opening Plenary Session of the CFM.”

• Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the incumbent government would complete its constitutional term of five years.

• On Monday, American pharmaceutical firm Moderna has stated that it would be requesting U.S and European regulators, to permit the emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine.

The former prime minister was under treatment at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi for respiratory complications.

During the meeting both discussed matters of mutual interest, regional security and enhanced bilateral defence collaboration, says ISPR.

• PM said the opposition wants jalsas not caring for the lives and safety of people.

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests by farmers in years around the national capital, saying they were being misled and that deregulation would benefit them.

• Meanwhile, according to Forex Association of Pakistan, the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs. 159.2 and Rs. 160.2, respectively.

• A cargo volume of 200,347 tonnes, comprising 183,342 tonnes imports cargo and 17,005 tonnes export cargo, inclusive of containerized cargo carried in 3,324 Containers.

• In a tweet, the minister said that this economic growth was not at the expense of economic stability.

• According to a handout issued by the district administration here on Monday, 137 patients were reported from Rawalpindi district while 7 belonged to other districts.

• In a tweet on social media platform Twitter on Monday, he said, "May Allah Almighty recover him from the heart disease."

• Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately, Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday.

• According to the official data, the government has authorized/disbursed an amount of Rs. 1329.928 million for the projects as of November 27.

• NATO must think harder about how to handle China and its military rise, though Russia will remain its main adversary during this decade, according to a report to be published on Tuesday on reforming the Atlantic Alliance.

• The board will be chaired by the Prime Minister and will include representatives from all export-related stakeholders.

• The Railways Division has received development funds of Rs. 11.7 billion, the Interior Division Rs. 7.38 billion and the National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division Rs. 6.88 billion.

• The President said both countries enjoyed close relations which needed to be further strengthened in the areas of trade, cultural and defence.

• Pakistan's fashion ecommerce platform Clicky raised $700,000 in a pre-Series A round.

Four fire brigade and rescue teams rushed to the site after being informed and brought fire under control.

Students could get admission details, online admission forms, prospectus, and admission-related guidelines from official web portal (www.uokadmission.edu.pk).

• The amazing app named "Groopic" was developed by Eyedeus Labs which allows for picture editing in a way that can insert a person not previously included in the photograph, into the picture

• Whether all members are currently sticking to the output quotas that have already been assigned to them has also become a sensitive topic.

• Iran's foes had singled out Fakhrizadeh as a target "for twenty years", and an attack was anticipated to take place at some point, Shamkhani said.

• Moderna plans today to request EUA (Emergency Use Authorization) from the US FDA.

• The Punjab health department has urged the masses to follow SOPs for their protection and cover their faces with masks.

• A communications blackout in Tigray has made it difficult to verify claims from both sides about how the fighting is going.

• China -- excluding Hong Kong and Macau -- has to date declared 86,512 cases, including 4,634 deaths and 81,598 recoveries.

• Last week authorities banned prison visits and staff from travelling across the country as the number of cases increased.

• The prime minister stated this in a meeting with Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, who gave an update on the overall situation of ports in the country.

• Deputy Commissioner Abid Wazir said that foolproof security arrangement had been made to make the drive a complete success.

• Around 341,423 people have recovered from the disease so far across Pakistan making it a significant count with over 86 percent recovery ratio of the affected patients.

• The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in the COVID Mortality Analysis mentioned that out of the total 8,024 deceased around 76 percent patients were over the age of 50-year.

• He said that it was an honour for the Ministry of Commerce to receive, President of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Paul Koyi.

• The meeting focused on steps to prevent money-laundering, recover looted money and improve the overall economic situation in the country.

• Khurshid managed to secure 22 votes while Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Amjad Advocate only bagged nine votes

• The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange declined 27 ringgit, or more than 0.8pc, to 3,295 ringgit a tonne.

• Benchmark German 10-year government bond yields touched a three-week low, while the rest of the market moved by around 1 basis point.

• As he entered trade talks in London, Barnier was asked if there was reason for optimism: "There are reasons for determination," he said.

Dany Fortin recently served as the chief of staff for the Canadian Joint Operations Command. He was also commander of the NATO military training mission in Iraq from November 2018 until last fall.

• The board will be headed by the Prime Minister himself under the Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2020-25.

• They said that measures adopted on Nov. 17, including nightly curfews at weekends, had been insufficient.

• SC acquitted him over lack of evidence.

• The resistance is identified as the 50pc projection level of a downward wave C from $6.28-3/4.

• Authorities also reported 368 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 39,895.

• The European Union will begin discussions on Monday on how best to improve transatlantic relations after the departure of U.S. President Donald Trump, EU officials said.

• The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.4pc, to 4,960.25, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.5pc to 3,391.76, reversing earlier gains as investors booked profits.

• The non-manufacturing PMI came in at 56.4 in November, slightly higher than the month before, signalling further recovery in the services sector.

• At 0732 GMT, the rouble was 0.4pc weaker against the dollar at 76.17 after briefly touching 76.3975, its weakest level since Nov. 23.

• The incoming administration has been hampered for weeks by President Donald Trump who has refused to concede claiming, without evidence, that Biden's Nov. 3 electoral victory was due to fraud

• The resistance is identified as the 107pc projection level of an upward wave C from $4,371.

• Riyadh, however, denied that the meeting between Netanyahu and Prince Mohammed had occurred.

• Trump's efforts to overturn the election results have been met with a series of court defeats dismissing his allegations.

• The metal is riding on a wave 3 from $1,793, which may extend to $2,068, its 186.4pc projection level, as pointed by a rising trendline.

• The company said that before the cross-border merger was implemented, the Unilever group was owned through these two separately listed companies.

• Benchmark German 10-year government bond yields touched a three-week low, while the rest of the market moved by around 1 basis point.

• London-based IHS Markit, a much more recent entrant to the hugely lucrative financial data market, is now valued at around $37 billion.

• Bolsonaro, who currently has no political party -- but must choose one to stand in 2022 -- meanwhile got bleak results for his candidates.

• Fakhrizadeh died on Friday after being seriously wounded when assailants targeted his car and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside Tehran, according to Iran's defence ministry.

• The dollar was set for its biggest monthly loss against a basket of currencies since July, having wiped 2.5pc off its value in November. At 0836 GMT it was at 91.654.

• The blue-chip FTSE 100 recovered early declines to trade up 0.3pc by 0856 GMT, extending a rally of more than 14pc this month.

Dr. Rab said that Pakistan has around 10 million pregnancies every year and approximately four million of them are unwanted, while an estimated 2.6 million abortions annually take place in the country.

• The Hang Seng Index dropped 2.06 percent, or 553.19 points, to 26,341.49.

• The economy contracted a less than expected 6.4pc in July-September from a year earlier after the June quarter's 12.1pc slump.

• PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman and Aseefa Bhutto have reached Multan to participate in PDM's public gathering

• In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index declined 0.5 percent to 13,273.40 points and the Paris CAC 40 shed 0.6 percent to stand at 5,562.40.

• Despite the failure to reach agreement so far, most sterling investors are confident the two sides will eventually come around - the pound has held on to recent gains and last week hit a 2-1/2 month high.

• A hardware glitch suspended transactions for a day on Tokyo's two leading indexes last month, as well as smaller exchanges in other parts of Japan.

• London's blue-chip stocks outperformed regional peers to trade up 0.2pc as healthcare and industrial shares gained.

• There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption in a remote part of the Southeast Asian archipelago.

The Court hearing the petitions of acquittal filed by the accused, approved their plea. The case was filled in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth police station in year 2015.

• London, Paris and Frankfurt all fell at the open.

• Pakistan has also become a member of the 6-member OIC Executive Committee for the next three years, FO said.

• The Oruc Reis seismic survey vessel has become a symbol of Turkey's growing appetite to find natural gas in the contested waters despite opposition by Greece and Cyprus.

• The Taliban often do not comment on deadly attacks they are accused of carrying out.

• At 0935 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 110.10/110.30 per dollar, compared with Friday's close of 109.90/110.10.

• LBG was rescued by the UK government following the 2008 global financial crisis, but returned to full private ownership three years ago.

• UK day-ahead local distribution zone consumption is forecast 14 mcm higher than the previous forecast, while consumption next week is 24 mcm higher, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.

• Rome has sought to avoid another lockdown after the first crippled the economy, focusing instead on regional restrictions alongside a nationwide night-time curfew.

• At 0951 GMT commercial banks quoted the shilling at 3,697/3,707, same level as Friday's close.

• Muhammad Usman Dar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs, announced that the Government of Pakistan is ready to launch the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) in Sialkot.

• The meeting of OPEC, which precedes a gathering of the wider OPEC+ alliance, was expected to start at 1300 GMT on Monday.

• We were officially informed of the postponing of the indirect round of negotiations," a military source told AFP.

• It cited promotional claims relating to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11pro and iPhone 11 pro Max models.

The WHO recommends the positivity rate to remain below 5%, before a country can begin to open up its economy.

• In a tweet post on Monday, the Federal Minister said that the provincial government has released wheat at around 6,000 metric tons per day despite its promise to release 10,000 metric tons per day.

Reuters reported earlier this month that the Department of Defense (DOD) was planning to designate four more Chinese companies as owned or controlled by the Chinese military, bringing the number of Chinese companies affected to 35. A recent executive order issued by President Donald Trump would prevent U.S. investors from buying securities of the listed firms starting late next year.

• The A320 is part of a lease agreement for three aircraft.

• A follow-up CT scan confirmed hairline fractures and Biden will likely require a walking boot for several weeks

The visits would focus on resolving a dispute between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance, the Wall Street Journal reported, but a number of issues could be on the agenda.

• K-Electric has announced that it plans on investing $1.5 billion in its energy infrastructure over the next three years, according to a statement released by the company after its 110th AGM.

• Fakhrizadeh, who had little public profile in Iran but had been named by Israel as a prime player in what it says is Iran’s nuclear weapons quest, was killed on Friday when he was ambushed on a highway near Tehran and his car sprayed with bullets

With just over four weeks left until the United Kingdom finally exits the EU’s orbit on Dec. 31, both sides are demanding concessions from the other on fishing, state aid and how to resolve any future disputes.

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• Minister says that the recommendations will be presented to the cabinet on December 1 (tomorrow) for approval

• The United Arab Emirates on Sunday approved the establishment of a new national cybersecurity council, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and Vice-President and ruler of Dubai, said on Twitter.

• Forum states that 1,459 smart lockdowns are in place in Punjab, 206 in Sindh, 182 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 3,205 in Islamabad and 30 in Gilgit-Baltistan

• On Monday, Australia demanded that China apologise for posting a fake picture on an official government Twitter account, depicting an Australian soldier murdering an Afghan child.

• Introduction of a mobile phone manufacturing policy and DIRBs has immensely contributed towards increasing local demand in the economy and has attracted foreign investors like TCL and Alcatel.

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• District Emergency Officer Rana Ejaz Ahmed says accident occurred due to smog

• The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated Barrister Khalid Khurshid for the chief minister slot

• FBR has launched a system Maloomaat-TaxRay wherein taxpayers can access all information available with the FBR by logging through a secure mechanism.

• Afghan officials stated that a massive vehicle-borne bombing of a military base in the Eastern Ghazni province on Sunday, killed at least 30 security force members and injured another 24.

• SBP said that similar facilities are also available to exporters in other regional countries.

• January Brent crude futures, which will expire later on Monday, dropped 46 cents, or 1%, to $47.72 a barrel by 0355 GMT.

• The U.S. electric vehicle maker is expanding its car factory in Shanghai, where it is making Model 3 electric sedans.

• “The themes remain familiar: broad dollar weakness amid improving risk appetite,” ANZ Bank analysts said in a note.

• These include Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Toba Tek Singh, Gujranwala, Mianwali, Sargodha, Layyah and Faisalabad.

• Britain has already ordered all Huawei equipment to be removed from its 5G network by the end of 2027, falling in line with intelligence allies including the United States who say the firm poses security risks.

• A person familiar with the matter confirmed to Reuters that S&P Global was nearing a deal to buy IHS.

• “This is a very significant week, the last real major week, subject to any further postponement... we’re down to really two basic issues,” EU negotiator Michel Barnier said.

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